[nysbirds-l] Sparrow Party in Bryant Park
On this morning's NYC Audubon Bryant Park Bird Walk, things started off slow. We had the resident Gray Catbird that skulks in the NW corner. We had a Hermit Thrush. Not much else. It was hard to hear above the roar of the lawn-mowers on the park lawn. Then, as soon as the mowers stopped (around 8:15 AM), sparrows started popping out of shrubs and dropping from the trees to hop on the lawn and glean for insects (I presume). First two Swamp Sparrows drew our attention. Then White-throated Sparrows (at least a dozen), Song Sparrows (four or five), a Field Sparrow (probably the same male that was there a week ago), two or three Chipping Sparrows, a Savannah Sparrow, Dark-eyed Juncos, and an Eastern Towhee. We also had at least two Brown Thrashers flying back and forth high in the London plane trees, as well as a couple of Ruby-crowned Kinglets and a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Not bad! Still no warblers spotted in the park yet, surprisingly. But I'll take 8 sparrow species... The next Bryant Park Bird Walk will be this Thursday from 5-6 PM (no registration required; we meet near the 'Wichcraft kiosk at the NW corner of the park). Good birding! Gabriel WillowNYC Audubon -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
re:[nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC 4/16 (signature added only; sorry.)
Monday, 16 April, 2012 - Central Park & Riverside Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City -> Forgive my not adding the signature to my post to this list just a minute ago! ( -and- ) good birding, Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] European Goldfinch, Central Park
There was a European Goldfinch in the Ramble near Laupot Bridge this evening around 7pm. -- Ed Gaillard Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC 4/16 (mainly Central Park; migrant arrivals)
(A side note prefacing the Manhattan migration, Richard Veit reports an interesting (drake) Eurasian-Green-winged hybrid Teal at the Goethal's Bridge Ponds on northwest Staten Island, NYC, for Mon., 4/16 - and RV also noted a variety of standard spring shorebird migrants there. That report is available via the SINaturaList, a Yahoo-group local list, with public archives.) - - - - Monday, 16 April, 2012 - Central Park & Riverside Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Today featured a nice push, if not anything like a flood of fresh arrivals, including multiple new species for the season here in Manhattan. At the evening hour, it seems the warbler 'tally' on the day was up to at least an even dozen (and that with NO report I'm aware of for any Yellow-throated Warbler), and not including a few spp. of which I heard "rumors" (& also reasonable, with what else is showing a bit early - such as ovenbird & common yellowthroat?) In any case, a lot more migrants will be arriving as early as Tuesday! A list of many of what I saw or know of from some of the many spring- time birders is below, for Monday, 4/16. One of the most notable birds (to me) was a GLOSSY IBIS which I've seen less than a dozen times, or at least in less than that no. of individuals, in all my deacdes of watching in Central Park, and exceedingly uncommon as an actual drop-in (this was a fly-over, seen from the reservoir shore). In the past 3 decades there have been occasional individuals, rarely more, that stopped in or visited a bit during spring / summer but that has not happened at all recently to my knowledge, & even as a fly-over it seems quite rarely reported, although there is the flyway that's used all the season by the great & snowy egrets and black-crowned night-herons which is well-known and observed from the northernmost ten blocks or so over Central Park (and is of birds crossing Manhattan island to & from w. L.I. Sound & N.J. Meadowlands locations, as strongly suggested by supplemental observations by birders on East river and Hudson river forays, in April thru August (including all summer). Any mid-April day which includes a Yellow-billed Cuckoo going through is most likely a day with a bunch of other early migrants, yet overall, it was essentially expected species that were, as could be seen with ease, numerically in charge. The sparrow 'tribe' were again nicely represented, & a few others of most-expected mid-April-movers. Of some of the warblers there was the evidence that at least a modest number of birds are reaching north earlier than their historical / typical early arrival date-range, but that is (it seems) increasingly the situation in this new phase of climate change and all that it portends. A look at the CP reservoir very early on was again rather productive; most, or all, of the central dividing dike is exposed and seems to be of interest to various birds including egrets, herons, & just today, shorebirds of the usual April-in-Central Park ilk. I also noted my own first-of-year-in-CP Laughing Gull, in clean spring plumage. I very briefly wandered away from the environs of the Upper West Side (to a bit farther down Manhattan's west shore of the Hudson) and found Atlantic Brant (in modest numbers), a few Common, and one Red-throated (still in basic-type plumage) Loons, plus Red-breasted Merganser (female-type plumage), & just usual gulls including a very few Laughing. I didn't attempt serious scoping or get that far in checking the harbor itself, & etc. There were incidentally a few, or more than a few, migrant sparrows along the west side waterfront greenspaces south of Riverside Park, an indication of nice movement of them ongoing, including Chipping and White-throated Sparrows, and still Dark-eyed Juncos in the larger such spaces near "downtown". I didn't really check the Riverside Park "drip" but in a relatively brief foray in that park, it seemed somewhat less-active to me than the bird scene in Central, and especially compared with the southern half of Central which was fairly active all day and appeared to hold a bit more of the newest arrivals, as may have been so on Sunday 4/15 as well. Not that I've heard about any in Manhattan, or even in NYC so far, but Whip-poor-will is a species that is possible in this sort of mid-April mild-weather migration, and I have seen some reports from north of NYC as of this day or just recently - it's by far the most-likely of the 3 caprimulgids quite this early, and of course one of the others is much more scarce in our region. Some of the below arrivals have been mentioned by others in recent days, & I don't know exactly what the 1st arrival dates may have been, but likely a bunch were new just today or poss. Sunday) Central Park, Monday 4/16 (a full day) Common Loon (a few v. early fly-overs) Pied-billed Grebe (one still on reservoir)
[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * April 16, 2012 * NYSY 04.16.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): April 09, 2012 - April 16, 2012 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortland compiled:April 16 AT 7:30 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #301 -Monday April 16, 2012 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 09 , 2012 Highlights: --- RED-NECKED GREBE WESTERN GREBE (Extralimital) GREAT EGRET BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON EURASIAN WIGEON PEREGRINE FALCON SANDHILL CRANE COMMON REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 4/13: A GREAT EGRET was seen on Savannah-Spring Lake Road near Muckrace Flats. Up to 7 PURPLE MARTINS are being seen at the MAC. COMMON GALLINULE and VIRGINIA RAIL were found at Marten’s Tract. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at Towpath Road. 4/14: GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS were seen at the Visitor’s Center. 4/15: 7 species of Shorebirds including 4 DUNLIN were seen at Benning Marsh. A PEREGRINE FALCON was spotted at Mays Point Pool. A SANDHILL CRANE was seen on Morgan Road. Extralimital 4/15: The two WESTERN GREBES are still being sighted from Harris Park at the south end of Cayuga Lake. Derby Hill Observatory A rather slow week at Derby Hill with only 1471 raptors being counted. Broadwings are starting to show up in numbers. 3 SANDHILL CRANES were seen on 4/14. Onondaga County 4/9: An EURASIAN WIGEON was found in Hamlin Marsh off of Wetzel Road. It was seen through the 11th. 4/10: 134 COMMON LOONS were seen migrating at Skaneateles Lake. 4/13: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was again seen at the Onondaga Lake Creekwalk just north of the Bear Street overpass. Phillips Point (Oneida Lake) Lakewatch WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and RED-NECKED GREBES highlight a rather slow week of waterfowl migrants going across the lake. COMMON LOONS and BONAPARTE’S GULLS are present also. Oneida County 4/14: A single COMMON REDPOLL was seen at a feeder in Clinton. It was seen again today. New Arrivals this week 4/11 - BLUE-HEADED VIREO - Derby Hill 4/13 - GREAT EGRET - Montezuma 4/14 - SPOTTED SANDPIPER - Fayetteville 4/15 - DUNLIN - Montezuma 4/15 - BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER - Montezuma 4/16 - PALM WARBLER - Fayetteville 4/16 - BROWN THRASHER - Baldwinsville End Transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Ward Pound Ridge Reservation birds
4/16/12 - Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, Cross River, NY Time: 10:30am to 3:30pm Observers: Andrew Block 5 Turkey Vultures 2 Mallards 1 Osprey 2 Red-tailed Hawks 2 Cooper's Hawks 2+ Wild Turkeys 1 Belted Kingfisher (at nest) 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 3 Eastern Phoebes 2 Blue Jays 4 American Crows 7 Tree Swallows 1 Barn Swallow 1 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmice 2 White-breasted Nuthatches 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglets many Eastern Bluebirds 2 Louisiana Waterthrushes (FOS) 4+ Chipping Sparrows 2 Field Sparrows 2 Savannah Sparrows 3 Red-winged Blackbirds 1 Common Grackle 5+ American Goldfinches Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist/Wildlife Biologist 37 Tanglewylde Avenue Bronxville, Westchester Co., New York 10708-3131 Phone: 914-337-1229; Cell: 914-319-9701; Fax: 914-268-0242 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Red-necked Grebe at Van Cortlandt Park
I saw the Red-necked Grebe today (between 1PM and 2PM) swimming (alone) on the same lake (near the bridge) close to the path that goes from the southern to the northern part of the park, walking through the Old Putnam trail. This is a picture of the bird. http://www.pbase.com/image/142731412 Good luck if you go to the park tomorrow! Felipe On Apr 14, 2012, at 3:30 PM, Andrew Block wrote: > The Red-necked Grebe was still at Van Cortlandt park on the lake as of about > 1:30pm today. It was swimming with a female Gadwall. > > Andrew > > Andrew v. F. Block > Consulting Naturalist/Wildlife Biologist > 37 Tanglewylde Avenue > Bronxville, Westchester Co., New York 10708-3131 > Phone: 914-337-1229; Cell: 914-319-9701; Fax: 914-268-0242 > > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re:[nysbirds-l] Yellow-throated Warbler at Alley Pond Park Queens...Still here @ 6:30 p.m.
Eric Miller and I, just joined by Jeff Ritter are looking at the
Yellow-throated Warbler reported earlier today. Near the same area that it was
reported earlier today.
Good and responsible birding!
Andrew Baksh
Queens NY
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
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From: Andrew Baksh
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:07:45
To: nysbirds-l
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Subject: Yellow-throated Warbler at Alley Pond Park Queens...
Another (?) Yellow Throated Warbler at Alley Pond Park. Eric Miller called
and left me a message this morning, indicating that Ken and Sue Feustel
directed him to a YTWA at Alley Pond Park.
The directions form his message indicated the bird was seen near the
weather station, which is west of the green containers on the north side of
the path that runs somewhat parallel to 73 rd avenue. The bird was singing
loudly, so this is something to listen for if you try for it. Good luck if
you go.
Andrew Baksh
Queens NY
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
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[nysbirds-l] NYNYBIRD - use this sign-up form
There was an error in my earlier post. The link to sign up for NYNYBIRD text alerts was wrong. Use this link instead: http://lite.textmarks.com/anon/reg-user-form/ Anders Peltomaa -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] NYNYBIRD - text alert system for New York, NY (Manhattan)
Hello all, Although this may not concern everyone on the state list, I thought I would post this announcement. Some out of the county may be interested since many come in to the city for the peak of Spring migration. Anyhow, I have set up a be text message alert for New York county (Manhattan) named NYNYBIRD. A text message alert system has the advantage that one do not need to have internet access or a smart phone. This system will work with any cell phone, old or new. You can subscribe here: http://lite.textmarks.com/nynybird Once you are subscribed you will automatically get the text messages other birders send to NYNYBIRD, and you yourself can report your sighting by sending a text to 41411. You _must_ start your message with the word NYNYBIRD, then type in the full species name (no banding codes, please) and the enter the location. For example, "Prothonotary Warbler in Central Park by the Castle" Appropriate texts to NYNYBIRD would be unusual bird sightings (that are chaseable for other birders), out-of-season birds, etc for the locale in Manhattan. Doug Gochfeld, who created text alerts for Long Island (LIRBA), Brooklyn and Queens (BKBIRD) did a nice write-up of how to use group textmessage alerts with examples of bad and good reports here: http://sites.google.com/site/birdingnewyork/text-alerts/brooklyn-queens-birding IMPORTANT. If you sign up make sure you enter YOUR REAL NAME in the username field. This is important because messages gets signed off by the user name. And we want to see who reports of course so we get credibility in the system. enjoy every bird - share your unusual sightings, Anders Peltomaa Manhattan PS. One alert this morning resulted in that Starr Saphir's entire group got to enjoy great views of the first Praire Warbler for the year within minutes after the text was sent. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Yellow-throated Warbler at Alley Pond Park Queens...
Another (?) Yellow Throated Warbler at Alley Pond Park. Eric Miller called and left me a message this morning, indicating that Ken and Sue Feustel directed him to a YTWA at Alley Pond Park. The directions form his message indicated the bird was seen near the weather station, which is west of the green containers on the north side of the path that runs somewhat parallel to 73 rd avenue. The bird was singing loudly, so this is something to listen for if you try for it. Good luck if you go. Andrew Baksh Queens NY www.birdingdude.blogspot.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] NYNYBIRD - text alert system for New York, NY (Manhattan)
Hello all, Although this may not concern everyone on the state list, I thought I would post this announcement. Some out of the county may be interested since many come in to the city for the peak of Spring migration. Anyhow, I have set up a be text message alert for New York county (Manhattan) named NYNYBIRD. A text message alert system has the advantage that one do not need to have internet access or a smart phone. This system will work with any cell phone, old or new. You can subscribe here: http://lite.textmarks.com/nynybird Once you are subscribed you will automatically get the text messages other birders send to NYNYBIRD, and you yourself can report your sighting by sending a text to 41411. You _must_ start your message with the word NYNYBIRD, then type in the full species name (no banding codes, please) and the enter the location. For example, Prothonotary Warbler in Central Park by the Castle Appropriate texts to NYNYBIRD would be unusual bird sightings (that are chaseable for other birders), out-of-season birds, etc for the locale in Manhattan. Doug Gochfeld, who created text alerts for Long Island (LIRBA), Brooklyn and Queens (BKBIRD) did a nice write-up of how to use group textmessage alerts with examples of bad and good reports here: http://sites.google.com/site/birdingnewyork/text-alerts/brooklyn-queens-birding IMPORTANT. If you sign up make sure you enter YOUR REAL NAME in the username field. This is important because messages gets signed off by the user name. And we want to see who reports of course so we get credibility in the system. enjoy every bird - share your unusual sightings, Anders Peltomaa Manhattan PS. One alert this morning resulted in that Starr Saphir's entire group got to enjoy great views of the first Praire Warbler for the year within minutes after the text was sent. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re:[nysbirds-l] Yellow-throated Warbler at Alley Pond Park Queens...Still here @ 6:30 p.m.
Eric Miller and I, just joined by Jeff Ritter are looking at the Yellow-throated Warbler reported earlier today. Near the same area that it was reported earlier today. Good and responsible birding! Andrew Baksh Queens NY www.birdingdude.blogspot.com (\__/) (= '.'=) sent from somewhere in the field via my mobile device. () _ () -Original Message- From: Andrew Baksh birdingd...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:07:45 To: nysbirds-lnysbirds-l@cornell.edu Cc: eBirds NYCebirds...@yahoogroups.com Subject: Yellow-throated Warbler at Alley Pond Park Queens... Another (?) Yellow Throated Warbler at Alley Pond Park. Eric Miller called and left me a message this morning, indicating that Ken and Sue Feustel directed him to a YTWA at Alley Pond Park. The directions form his message indicated the bird was seen near the weather station, which is west of the green containers on the north side of the path that runs somewhat parallel to 73 rd avenue. The bird was singing loudly, so this is something to listen for if you try for it. Good luck if you go. Andrew Baksh Queens NY www.birdingdude.blogspot.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Red-necked Grebe at Van Cortlandt Park
I saw the Red-necked Grebe today (between 1PM and 2PM) swimming (alone) on the same lake (near the bridge) close to the path that goes from the southern to the northern part of the park, walking through the Old Putnam trail. This is a picture of the bird. http://www.pbase.com/image/142731412 Good luck if you go to the park tomorrow! Felipe On Apr 14, 2012, at 3:30 PM, Andrew Block wrote: The Red-necked Grebe was still at Van Cortlandt park on the lake as of about 1:30pm today. It was swimming with a female Gadwall. Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist/Wildlife Biologist 37 Tanglewylde Avenue Bronxville, Westchester Co., New York 10708-3131 Phone: 914-337-1229; Cell: 914-319-9701; Fax: 914-268-0242 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Ward Pound Ridge Reservation birds
4/16/12 - Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, Cross River, NY Time: 10:30am to 3:30pm Observers: Andrew Block 5 Turkey Vultures 2 Mallards 1 Osprey 2 Red-tailed Hawks 2 Cooper's Hawks 2+ Wild Turkeys 1 Belted Kingfisher (at nest) 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 3 Eastern Phoebes 2 Blue Jays 4 American Crows 7 Tree Swallows 1 Barn Swallow 1 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmice 2 White-breasted Nuthatches 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglets many Eastern Bluebirds 2 Louisiana Waterthrushes (FOS) 4+ Chipping Sparrows 2 Field Sparrows 2 Savannah Sparrows 3 Red-winged Blackbirds 1 Common Grackle 5+ American Goldfinches Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist/Wildlife Biologist 37 Tanglewylde Avenue Bronxville, Westchester Co., New York 10708-3131 Phone: 914-337-1229; Cell: 914-319-9701; Fax: 914-268-0242 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Syracuse RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * April 16, 2012 * NYSY 04.16.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): April 09, 2012 - April 16, 2012 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison Cortland compiled:April 16 AT 7:30 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #301 -Monday April 16, 2012 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 09 , 2012 Highlights: --- RED-NECKED GREBE WESTERN GREBE (Extralimital) GREAT EGRET BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON EURASIAN WIGEON PEREGRINE FALCON SANDHILL CRANE COMMON REDPOLL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 4/13: A GREAT EGRET was seen on Savannah-Spring Lake Road near Muckrace Flats. Up to 7 PURPLE MARTINS are being seen at the MAC. COMMON GALLINULE and VIRGINIA RAIL were found at Marten’s Tract. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at Towpath Road. 4/14: GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS were seen at the Visitor’s Center. 4/15: 7 species of Shorebirds including 4 DUNLIN were seen at Benning Marsh. A PEREGRINE FALCON was spotted at Mays Point Pool. A SANDHILL CRANE was seen on Morgan Road. Extralimital 4/15: The two WESTERN GREBES are still being sighted from Harris Park at the south end of Cayuga Lake. Derby Hill Observatory A rather slow week at Derby Hill with only 1471 raptors being counted. Broadwings are starting to show up in numbers. 3 SANDHILL CRANES were seen on 4/14. Onondaga County 4/9: An EURASIAN WIGEON was found in Hamlin Marsh off of Wetzel Road. It was seen through the 11th. 4/10: 134 COMMON LOONS were seen migrating at Skaneateles Lake. 4/13: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was again seen at the Onondaga Lake Creekwalk just north of the Bear Street overpass. Phillips Point (Oneida Lake) Lakewatch WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and RED-NECKED GREBES highlight a rather slow week of waterfowl migrants going across the lake. COMMON LOONS and BONAPARTE’S GULLS are present also. Oneida County 4/14: A single COMMON REDPOLL was seen at a feeder in Clinton. It was seen again today. New Arrivals this week 4/11 - BLUE-HEADED VIREO - Derby Hill 4/13 - GREAT EGRET - Montezuma 4/14 - SPOTTED SANDPIPER - Fayetteville 4/15 - DUNLIN - Montezuma 4/15 - BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER - Montezuma 4/16 - PALM WARBLER - Fayetteville 4/16 - BROWN THRASHER - Baldwinsville End Transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC 4/16 (mainly Central Park; migrant arrivals)
(A side note prefacing the Manhattan migration, Richard Veit reports an interesting (drake) Eurasian-Green-winged hybrid Teal at the Goethal's Bridge Ponds on northwest Staten Island, NYC, for Mon., 4/16 - and RV also noted a variety of standard spring shorebird migrants there. That report is available via the SINaturaList, a Yahoo-group local list, with public archives.) - - - - Monday, 16 April, 2012 - Central Park Riverside Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Today featured a nice push, if not anything like a flood of fresh arrivals, including multiple new species for the season here in Manhattan. At the evening hour, it seems the warbler 'tally' on the day was up to at least an even dozen (and that with NO report I'm aware of for any Yellow-throated Warbler), and not including a few spp. of which I heard rumors ( also reasonable, with what else is showing a bit early - such as ovenbird common yellowthroat?) In any case, a lot more migrants will be arriving as early as Tuesday! A list of many of what I saw or know of from some of the many spring- time birders is below, for Monday, 4/16. One of the most notable birds (to me) was a GLOSSY IBIS which I've seen less than a dozen times, or at least in less than that no. of individuals, in all my deacdes of watching in Central Park, and exceedingly uncommon as an actual drop-in (this was a fly-over, seen from the reservoir shore). In the past 3 decades there have been occasional individuals, rarely more, that stopped in or visited a bit during spring / summer but that has not happened at all recently to my knowledge, even as a fly-over it seems quite rarely reported, although there is the flyway that's used all the season by the great snowy egrets and black-crowned night-herons which is well-known and observed from the northernmost ten blocks or so over Central Park (and is of birds crossing Manhattan island to from w. L.I. Sound N.J. Meadowlands locations, as strongly suggested by supplemental observations by birders on East river and Hudson river forays, in April thru August (including all summer). Any mid-April day which includes a Yellow-billed Cuckoo going through is most likely a day with a bunch of other early migrants, yet overall, it was essentially expected species that were, as could be seen with ease, numerically in charge. The sparrow 'tribe' were again nicely represented, a few others of most-expected mid-April-movers. Of some of the warblers there was the evidence that at least a modest number of birds are reaching north earlier than their historical / typical early arrival date-range, but that is (it seems) increasingly the situation in this new phase of climate change and all that it portends. A look at the CP reservoir very early on was again rather productive; most, or all, of the central dividing dike is exposed and seems to be of interest to various birds including egrets, herons, just today, shorebirds of the usual April-in-Central Park ilk. I also noted my own first-of-year-in-CP Laughing Gull, in clean spring plumage. I very briefly wandered away from the environs of the Upper West Side (to a bit farther down Manhattan's west shore of the Hudson) and found Atlantic Brant (in modest numbers), a few Common, and one Red-throated (still in basic-type plumage) Loons, plus Red-breasted Merganser (female-type plumage), just usual gulls including a very few Laughing. I didn't attempt serious scoping or get that far in checking the harbor itself, etc. There were incidentally a few, or more than a few, migrant sparrows along the west side waterfront greenspaces south of Riverside Park, an indication of nice movement of them ongoing, including Chipping and White-throated Sparrows, and still Dark-eyed Juncos in the larger such spaces near downtown. I didn't really check the Riverside Park drip but in a relatively brief foray in that park, it seemed somewhat less-active to me than the bird scene in Central, and especially compared with the southern half of Central which was fairly active all day and appeared to hold a bit more of the newest arrivals, as may have been so on Sunday 4/15 as well. Not that I've heard about any in Manhattan, or even in NYC so far, but Whip-poor-will is a species that is possible in this sort of mid-April mild-weather migration, and I have seen some reports from north of NYC as of this day or just recently - it's by far the most-likely of the 3 caprimulgids quite this early, and of course one of the others is much more scarce in our region. Some of the below arrivals have been mentioned by others in recent days, I don't know exactly what the 1st arrival dates may have been, but likely a bunch were new just today or poss. Sunday) Central Park, Monday 4/16 (a full day) Common Loon (a few v. early fly-overs) Pied-billed Grebe (one still on reservoir) Double-crested Cormorant
[nysbirds-l] European Goldfinch, Central Park
There was a European Goldfinch in the Ramble near Laupot Bridge this evening around 7pm. -- Ed Gaillard Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
re:[nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC 4/16 (signature added only; sorry.)
Monday, 16 April, 2012 - Central Park Riverside Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Forgive my not adding the signature to my post to this list just a minute ago! ( -and- ) good birding, Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Sparrow Party in Bryant Park
On this morning's NYC Audubon Bryant Park Bird Walk, things started off slow. We had the resident Gray Catbird that skulks in the NW corner. We had a Hermit Thrush. Not much else. It was hard to hear above the roar of the lawn-mowers on the park lawn. Then, as soon as the mowers stopped (around 8:15 AM), sparrows started popping out of shrubs and dropping from the trees to hop on the lawn and glean for insects (I presume). First two Swamp Sparrows drew our attention. Then White-throated Sparrows (at least a dozen), Song Sparrows (four or five), a Field Sparrow (probably the same male that was there a week ago), two or three Chipping Sparrows, a Savannah Sparrow, Dark-eyed Juncos, and an Eastern Towhee. We also had at least two Brown Thrashers flying back and forth high in the London plane trees, as well as a couple of Ruby-crowned Kinglets and a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Not bad! Still no warblers spotted in the park yet, surprisingly. But I'll take 8 sparrow species... The next Bryant Park Bird Walk will be this Thursday from 5-6 PM (no registration required; we meet near the 'Wichcraft kiosk at the NW corner of the park). Good birding! Gabriel WillowNYC Audubon -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
